Superman: The Man of Tomorrow # 1 1990 VF/NM

Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #1 is a milestone 1990s comic book published by DC Comics with a cover date of June/Summer 1995. This launch was uniquely significant because it was created as a "quarterly fifth-week book" designed to fill the gap months that had five weeks, effectively allowing DC to ship an uninterrupted, interconnected weekly storyline across its four main ongoing Superman titles.

The Core Plot: "Past, Present & Future!"

Written right in the middle of the "The Death of Clark Kent" / Conduit era, this first issue handles two major developments for the Metropolis status quo:

• Lex Luthor's Master Plan: A scientist named Harold Vekko investigates a Kryptonian Warsuit, only to find the consciousness of Lex Luthor speaking through it. Superman visits a health facility and realizes that Luthor's seemingly comatose body was just a decoy robot—the real Luthor is very much alive and plotting his return.
• First Appearance of the Contessa: This issue features the historic first appearance of Contessa Erica Alexandra Del Portenza. She makes a striking entrance in Metropolis by taking corporate control of LexCorp as its new CEO, immediately meeting Superman and sharing vital intel regarding the villain Conduit and a missing Jimmy Olsen.

Creative Team

• Writer: Roger Stern
• Penciler: Tom Grummett
• Inker: Brett Breeding
• Colorist: Glenn Whitmore